First, let me say that I left on my own accord, and not through a severance package. I wasted a decade with that place. So glad to be gone! I couldn't stand what leadership became (what I had become!) after the past 2 years or so. These comments are hilariously perfect in every way! It really is one of the biggest Mind-warfare settings one could subject themselves to. Its taken me a month to learn how to do my New job without feeling stressed and scrutinized 24-7. My new colleagues think joke about me being traumatized. I tell them, they have no idea. You don't realize how bad it really is until you leave. Pretty amazing how the South Region President hired all of his friends and family into numerous positions throughout the company. Unethical MUCH?! Ask the guy how well the New stores he. (mostly) picked are doing.....what a joke. Pretty awesome watching your ASTL's running around snapping video and pictures of team members black mailing them for their jobs to save with labor cuts. Can't think of a more Hostile workplace to work in now that I think about it. Talk about a decade long brainwash! If you are reading this, Get out NOW while you can, before they find a reason to exercise their BS leadership agendas on you. Way to get rid of the thing that made WFM what is was, Mackey...THE PEOPLE. Even hippies know when they are getting the wool pulled over their eyes. Oh yeah, that core value about TEAM MEMBER HAPPINESS AND EXCELLENCE is a pIPE dream. Rewrite your core values to something truthful now that you crashed the place. Or let's not talk about hiring Store leadership that doesn't have any WFM experience (my favorite f up of them all from a leadership perspective) . When TLs /ATLs are training STLs, you've f*d up there regional folks! All of the Regional folks are jaded now, too. I'm told nobody can trust anybody in ATL and the stuff they said about the regional leadership group is also what influenced my desire to walk away with my hands up in the Air. No confidence in Regional/global leadership at all for anybody these days. Its a sad story for WFM. It will never be the same again for TMs or customers.
Keep driving it into the ground Whole Foods, keep...driving....
Good Riddence WFM. Thanks for treating everyone like they don't matter!
"With Love", (another stupid @$$ company phrase)
Captain Jaded (for good reason, too!)